A meditation for the 30th of January, the anniversary of the murther and martyrdome of K. Charles the I. The best of kings, of husbands, of fathers, of Christians, and of men; who was decolated on that day, Anno Domini, 1648. and in the four and twentieth year of his Sacred Majesties most gracious reign. Rementería y Fica, Mariano de. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92213 of text R212588 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.25[74]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A92213) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163879) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f25[74]) A meditation for the 30th of January, the anniversary of the murther and martyrdome of K. Charles the I. The best of kings, of husbands, of fathers, of Christians, and of men; who was decolated on that day, Anno Domini, 1648. and in the four and twentieth year of his Sacred Majesties most gracious reign. Rementería y Fica, Mariano de. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [London : Printed in the year, 1660. Signed at end: Written and wept by M. de R. of the Middle-Temple, Exq. 3. Place of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "August 20". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Assassination -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) -- Early works to 1800. A92213 R212588 (Thomason 669.f.25[74]). civilwar no A meditation for the 30th. day of January, the anniversary of the murther and martyrdome of K. Charles the I. The best of kings, of husbands Rementería y Fica, Mariano de 1660 1103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A MEDITATION For the 30th . day of January , THE ANNIVERSARY OF The Murther and Martyrdome OF K. CHARLES the I. The best of Kings , Of Husbands , of Fathers , of Christians , and of Men ; who was decolated on that day , Anno Domini , 1648. and in the four and twentieth year of his Sacred Majesties most gracious Reign . Cain rose up against Abell his Brother , and slew him , Gen. 4. 8. HArd hearted nature ! That being yet so young , should bring forth so cruell a Monster ? A Brother to kill a Brother , and that for no other quarrell , but for his Righteousnesse , because his deeds were good , and Cains evill ; what malignity , did our first Parents fall , distill into all the succeeding Race ? Yet being question'd by the voice of Heaven , Cain , desperately evill as he was , was not so impudently shamelesse as to own , though not so ingenuous , as to confesse the fact ; but why should we remember Cain with so black a Character ? Cain , a Saint may seem , compared with the Sons of Beliall , whom this latter age hath produced ; we have seen ( as this day Englands direfull Tragedy ; England , that most dismally , hath committed felony upon her self , and with her own bloody hands , cut off her own Royall head : Oh , 't is a sad judgment that upon the defect of our prayers , and the omission of our obedience , is fallen upon us , a judgment accompanied with such lamentable consequences , occasioned by so deplorable an action , so fatall a blow , as no hand can write the story of it , for trembling , or if it could , no eye were able to read for weeping ; no tongue is able to speake it's greife , for stammerings and titubations , or if it should , no ear were able to heare it , for glowing : Nay , we have seen that , that is so far from being communicable to posterity in any credible relation , that we our selves , can hardly beleive our selves , to have seen a most gratious , glorious King , setled in his Fathers Throne , by the Laws of God and of the Land , confirmed in his Regall Power , by the Oathes of Allegiance , taken by his very enemies , in the issue of a sharp tedious VVar , after the expence of many thousands , of Noble , Generous , Loyall , Protestant Christians lives , in his just defence , to be at length , by the power of a rebellious , treacherous crewe of his own , Subjects , ( and many of them his falfehearted , houshould Servants , ) born , and bred , and grown rich , under his happy Government , ( and by his liberall hand ) brought to a solemn tryall , under pretence of Law , formally arreigned for his life , and adjudged by those that were his professed foes , ( and without being heard ) as a Tyrant , Traytor , Murtherer and a publique Enemy to be put to death , by the severing his Head from his Body ; and that this sentence should be executed , by the force of the Souldiery , on a Scaffold , erected before his own Court ? In the midst of Populous London and Westminster ; in the face of the Sun at noon day ; God , Angells , Men , looking on ; and to pass through his Banqueting-house , his house of State and Pleasure , to this Mount-Calvary ; and as a Lamb , before the Shearers not to open his mouth ? Oh the Heavens ! I dare not enter into too serious a consideration of this unheard off , unparalel'd fact , least I drown my senses in the abysse of incomprehensible sorrows ; the whole world abroad stands amazed at it , England onely being under the stroke , remaines , stupidly insensible of her own , both sin and misery : The earth indeed at this day , was not felt to quake , but all mens hearts , ( not more hard , then the Adamant ) trembled : The graves indeed did not open to let forth their dead , but many tender-hearted , amongst the living , with grief dyed , and went to their graves , the values of our Temples indeed , were not rent , but our material Temples themselves , in this the head of our Church on earth , were vertually destroyed in his Majesties Dominions : More , I cannot tell more , on this sad Theam ; I dare not so much as think , least I thinking , dye : Much lesse doe I know what to do , ( for since the Creation of the VVorld , the like hath not been seen ) but mine eyes ; deare God ? are towards thee . EJACVLATION . LOrd ! How long wilt thou be angry ? shall thy jealousie burn like fire for ever ? If this be done to the green and fruitfull tree , what shall become of the drie and withered ? If a gracious King , whome thou hast made so neer thy selfe , escape not thy hand of temporal punishment , what may a rebellious , a monstrously sinfull People expect ? But in Judgment thou hast promised to remember mercy , have mercy then I humbly pray thee , upon the remnant of thy People , preserve us under the shadow of thy wings , untill this Tyranny be over-past , and establish over us if it be thy holy will CHARLES the Second , the undoubted Son and Heire of his fathers Vertues and Crowns , that Kings again according to thy own ordinance , may be Nursing Fathers , and Queens nursing Mothers in this our Israell , that Religion , Law , Liberty , Property , Commerce , Love , and Vnity , may returne againe to our bleeding and fainting Nations , and all this for thy Sons sake , our Saviour Jesus Christ , Amen , Amen . Written and wept by M. de R. of the Middle-Temple , Exq. 3. Printed in the year , 1660.